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Thursday, December 1st Doors at 7 PM. All ages. $10 suggested donation. Includes 2 raffle tickets. Free for OC, Surfrider, and Baykeeper members & children 10 and under. Every month: Ocean Night Films! From majestic’ documentaries’ to epic surf flicks, explore the great blue sea with Northcoast Environmental Center, Humboldt Surfrider, and Humboldt Baykeeper. Back by popular demand, Ocean Night is once again going black and white this December in the spirit of the holidays! Join Surfrider Humboldt for our Holiday Party and Year in Review at the 2nd Annual Black & White Ocean Night. This classy evening will feature live piano music by Katie McGourty, live painting by Matt Beard, black & white surf films and slideshow, extra-special gift raffles with awesome local goodies, and lots of holiday cheer. Come eat, drink, and be merry! And don’t forget to wear your most fabulous black and white attire for this fancy(ish) affair.* Looking for the perfect present this season? A Surfrider membership is only $25 for a year! Renew or become a member at the event and receive 5 free raffle tickets. We will also have Surfrider hoodies, shirts, and hats available for sale! Arcata Theater Lounge Doors open at 7:00pm All Ages[...]

Sunday, Dec. 3rd Doors at 5:30 PM. Movie at 6:00 PM. 112 min. Rated G $5. “Ben, son of Belle and the once selfish beast, is poised to become next on the throne, however he is not ready and allows the villan kids from the Isle Of The Lost to attend Auradon Prep. From there, things go way down hill.” ~ IMDB.

Sunday, Dec. 10th Doors at 5:30 PM. Movie at 6:00 PM. 107 min. Rated PG $5. “Moana Waialiki is a sea voyaging enthusiast and the only daughter of a chief in a long line of navigators. When her island’s fishermen can’t catch any fish and the crops fail, she learns that the demigod Maui caused the blight by stealing the heart of the goddess, Te Fiti. The only way to heal the island is to persuade Maui to return Te Fiti’s heart, so Moana sets off on an epic journey across the Pacific. The film is based on stories from Polynesian mythology.” ~ IMDB.

Tuesday, December 12th Doors at 7:00pm Show at 8:00pm Happy hour prices on food and beverage until 8:00 PM. 21+ $23 Advance/$25 at the door Chris Robinson Brotherhood hen the Chris Robinson Brotherhood headed into the studio to begin recording their new album, Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel, no one knew just what to expect. These would be the band’s first recordings with new drummer Tony Leone (Ollabelle, Levon Helm), their first since the departure of founding bassist Mark “Muddy” Dutton, and their first time producing themselves. But as anybody who’s been following the CRB can attest, this is a band that thrives on the unexpected.If you need proof, just go back to 2012, when they first emerged on the national stage by releasing not one, but two acclaimed full-length albums within a few months of each other. Critics hailed their sprawling debut, Big Moon Ritual, as a revelation, with Uncut calling it a “tenderly-executed piece of work…[that’s] both earthy and transcendent,” while The Independent raved that Robinson had “finally found the ideal vehicle to indulge his taste for ‘Cosmic California Music.’” The reviews were similarly ecstatic for its immediate follow-up, The Magic Door, which was praised[...]

Wednesday, December 13th Doors at 6 PM. FREE with minimum $5 food or beverage purchase. Beer and Fry specials all night long! All ages. The best in B science fictions movies, drive-in classics, psychotronic weirdness and more!! FREE RAFFLE!! – Admission grants you one raffle ticket for a chance to win some very cool, very strange science fiction prizes including: movie tickets, figurines, posters, books, cards, VHS movies and more for that inner science fiction enthusiast in us all. The Manster An American reporter in Japan is sent to interview an eccentric Japanese scientist working on bizarre experiments in his mountain laboratory. When the doctor realizes that the hapless correspondent is the perfect subject for his next experiment, he drugs the unfortunate man and injects him with a serum that gradually transforms him into a hideous, two-headed monster. ~ IMDB. Sponsored by Savage Henry Magazine, Scrap Humboldt, Phantom Wave Records, Daisy Drygoods, Vintage Avenger, Tin Can Mailman, The Clothing Dock, MEAT Clown Buttons, and more.

Friday, December 15th Doors at 6:30 PM Hilarity at 7:00 PM $7 Ages 10 + (with parental guidance) Join us for On The Spot Improv Comedy! On The Spot is an improv comedy showcase with spontaneous scenes, hilarious games, snappy songs, and fantastic stories all made up on the spot based on audience input. You say it, they play it ! OTS’ Facebook

Sunday, Dec. 17th Doors at 5:30 PM. Movie at 6:00 PM. 100 min. Rated G $5. “Santa Claus does not exist. Or does he? For one doubting boy, an astonishing event occurs. Late on Christmas Eve night, he lies in bed hoping to hear the sound of reindeer bells from Santa’s sleigh. When to his surprise, a steam engine’s roar and whistle can be heard outside his window. The conductor invites him on board to take an extraordinary journey to the North Pole with many other pajama-clad children. There, he receives an extraordinary gift only those who still believe in Santa can experience.” ~ IMDB.

Wednesday, December 20th Doors at 6 PM. FREE with minimum $5 food or beverage purchase. Beer and Fry specials all night long! All ages. The best in B science fictions movies, drive-in classics, psychotronic weirdness and more!! FREE RAFFLE!! – Admission grants you one raffle ticket for a chance to win some very cool, very strange science fiction prizes including: movie tickets, figurines, posters, books, cards, VHS movies and more for that inner science fiction enthusiast in us all. Batman Returns After stopping the Joker’s rampage, Batman finds himself facing the hideously grotesque Penguin–a deformed villain who emerges from the sewers who plans to be respected into Gotham’s community. Little does Batman know is that devious businessman Max Shreck is working with the Penguin to becoming Mayor of Gotham. And they also plan to frame Batman from a different perspective. Meanwhile, Max’s lowly secretary Selina Kyle gets thrown out a window from her workplace and transforms herself into the mysterious vigilante called Catwoman. Can Batman defeat two fiendish foes at once and clear his name at the same time? ~ IMDB. Sponsored by Savage Henry Magazine, Scrap Humboldt, Phantom Wave Records, Daisy Drygoods, Vintage Avenger, Tin Can Mailman, The Clothing[...]

Friday, Dec. 22nd Doors at 7:30 PM. Movie at 8:00 PM. 127 min. Rated PG – 13 $5. “After Adolf Hitler & the Nazis fail to obtain the Ark of the Covenant, Hitler orders the SS and Wehrmacht to go after the cup of Christ – the Holy Grail. Indiana Jones is pressed back into action after a mining magnate’s lead researcher disappears mysteriously. The lead researcher is none other than Indy’s dad, the feisty Professor Henry Jones. Meeting up with Dr. Elsa Schneider in Venice, Indiana & Marcus Brody discover that a 2nd marker that reveals the location of the grail is buried in the catacombs of a converted church. Escaping from rats, fire, gunmen, and a ship’s propeller, Indy discovers that his dad is being held in a castle on the German border with Austria. When he & Dr. Schneider reach the castle Indy locates his father, but Elsa proves herself a turncoat, and even worse – so is the mining magnate, Walter Donovan! After Indy & Henry escape the castle, they head to Berlin to get the map & Henry’s diary that provides critical information to those who seek the Grail. Marcus, however, is kidnapped by Nazis[...]

Wednesday, December 27th Doors at 6 PM. FREE with minimum $5 food or beverage purchase. Beer and Fry specials all night long! All ages. The best in B science fictions movies, drive-in classics, psychotronic weirdness and more!! FREE RAFFLE!! – Admission grants you one raffle ticket for a chance to win some very cool, very strange science fiction prizes including: movie tickets, figurines, posters, books, cards, VHS movies and more for that inner science fiction enthusiast in us all. First Spaceship on Venus “In 1970, debris from the 1908 Tunguska “meteor” are found which turn out to be recordings from a spaceship crashed there. The ship’s origin is determined to be Venus, and an international team sets out with their spaceship “Kosmokrator” to visit the “Silent Planet”, which is shrouded in clouds, and doesn’t respond to contact attempts. While the “Kosmokrator” is in flight, the record is decoded and it turns out that the Venusians seemingly planned to invade Earth in 1908. Should the “Kosmokrator” still attempt to get in touch with the Aliens? And why are they silent now?” ~ IMDB. Sponsored by Savage Henry Magazine, Scrap Humboldt, Phantom Wave Records, Daisy Drygoods, Vintage Avenger, Tin Can Mailman, The[...]

Friday, Dec. 29th Doors at 7:30 PM. Movie at 8:00 PM. 99 min. Rated PG $5. “The planet Spaceball, home planet of the evil Spaceballs is running out of air and the planet’s ruler President Skroob has devised a evil scheme, where he plans to steal the air from the atmosphere of the peaceful planet Druidia. But Druidia is surrounded by a defense shield to prevent the Spaceballs from stealing the air. When Druidia’s ruler King Roland’s beautiful daughter Princess Vespa and her loyal droid Dot Matrix flee from Druidia during her wedding to Prince Valium, the evil commander of the Spaceball fleet, Dark Helmet captures Princess Vespa so King Roland will be forced to give them the access code to the defense shield. But heroic space pilot Lone Starr and his sidekick, Barf (a Mog, half man-half Dog) comes to Princess Vespa’s rescue. With help from wise and powerful master of the magic ring “The Schwartz” Yogurt, Lone Starr, Barf, Dot and Princess Vespa set out to save Druida and foil Dark Helmet and President Scroob’s scheme and prevent them from stealing the air from Druidia.” ~ IMDB.

This weeks Sunday night movie: Bee Movie (2007)

Attention: Now seeking strange and weird short films under 10 minutes to be screened at the Arcata Theatre Lounge during Sci-Fi Pint & Fry Night or other ATL movie screenings.
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